Whip-socket



(No Model i) S.J.0LARK.

WHIP SOCKET. No. 279,708. Patented June 19,1883..

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UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL J. CLARK, OF YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN.

WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 279,708, dated June 19, 1883.

' Application filed October 25, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. CLARK, of Ypsilanti, in the county of Washtenaw and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Whip-Sockets; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of whip-sockets; and the invention consists of a hollow body provided with a flange which projects over a portion of the mouth of the socket to bind the whip in place, and having a portion of the wall of the body cut away, and in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combinations of the parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved socket. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the body of my improved whip-socket, which is preferably constructed from sheet metal and cylindrical in form. This socket is provided with any suitable devices for securing it to the dash-board, as at B. The lower end of the body Ais closed, or partially so, by an internally-conically-shaped bottom, 0, of any suitable material to receive the end of the whip. The open end of the socket is partially closed by (preferably) a crescent-shaped flange, D, which projects forward partially over the mouth of the body, and from the rear side there of, while the front wall of the body is cut away, as shown at b, in order that the end of the whip may be easily inserted.

In practice the whip is inserted in the socket in the ordinary manner, its end resting within the cup-shaped bottom 0, while the body of the whip binds between the edge of the flange and the front wall of the shell.

By this construction and arrangement of parts I produce a whip-socket that is cheap and simple, and that will hold the whip firmly against accidental displacement.

The aperture 1) in the cylinder and top allows the whip-butt to be readily inserted at remote angles, while the front incline of the bottom 0 will serve to hold the whip forcibly against the cap D and prevent rattling. I What I claim as my invention is- The whip-socket herein described, consisting of thebody or cylinder A, having cut-away portion 1) and securing means B, and having also a crescent-shaped cap, D, and inclined bottom portion, (1, whereby the incline at the bottom will serve to hold the whip against the cap D, as and for the purposes set forth.

SAMUEL J. CLARK.

WVitnesses:

CHARLES J. HUNT, E. ScULLY. 

